ICU Staff Nurse

DAILY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Receive and provide proper patient handover during every shift.
• Assess patients and monitor vital signs, ECG, oxygen saturation, neurological status, and other parameters as prescribed.
• Administer medications, injections, IV fluids, and treatments as prescribed and according to hospital protocols.
• Monitor ventilators, infusion pumps, cardiac monitors, and other ICU equipment within the scope of competency.
• Immediately report any deterioration in patient condition to the treating doctor and ICU In-Charge.
• Assist doctors during emergency interventions, procedures, and resuscitation.
• Maintain strict hand hygiene, aseptic techniques, and infection prevention practices.
• Provide nursing care, including patient positioning, oral care, personal hygiene, and pressure injury prevention.
• Monitor intake and output, urine output, and other clinical parameters as prescribed.
• Collect and send specimens correctly and follow up on investigations.
• Ensure correct patient identification before medication administration, specimen collection, and procedures.
• Maintain accurate nursing notes, medication records, vital charts, and treatment records.
• Check the availability and readiness of emergency equipment, oxygen supply, suction apparatus, and emergency trolley as assigned.
• Follow biomedical waste management procedures and ensure safe disposal of sharps.
• Communicate effectively with doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
• Maintain patient dignity, privacy, and confidentiality at all times.

MONTHLY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in departmental meetings and nursing quality improvement activities.
• Attend assigned training programmes and competency assessments.
• Participate in infection control audits and patient safety initiatives.
• Report incidents, near misses, medication errors, and equipment issues through the approved reporting system.
• Check and report ICU equipment and consumable requirements to the ICU In-Charge.
• Ensure timely completion of assigned nursing documentation and checklists.

YEARLY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Participate in annual performance appraisal and competency evaluation.
• Complete mandatory training in emergency response, infection control, fire safety, and biomedical waste management.
• Participate in emergency mock drills and disaster management training.
• Update clinical knowledge through continuing nursing education programmes.
• Comply with applicable NABH standards, hospital policies, and nursing procedures.

CLASSES AND TRAINING

• Basic Life Support (BLS) and emergency response.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), where applicable.
• Critical care nursing and patient monitoring.
• Ventilator safety and airway management.
• Medication safety and high-alert medication management.
• Infection prevention and control.
• Biomedical waste management.
• Fire safety and disaster management.
• Patient rights, confidentiality, and communication.
• NABH quality and patient safety practices.

REGISTERS AND RECORDS

• Nursing assessment and care plan.
• Vital signs and monitoring charts.
• Medication administration records.
• Intake and output charts.
• Nursing notes and shift handover records.
• Treatment and procedure records.
• Specimen collection and investigation records.
• Emergency trolley and equipment checklists.
• Infection control and nursing audit records.
• Incident and adverse event reports.
• Other records prescribed by the hospital.

Pay

₹15,000.00 - ₹25,000.00 per month

Benefits

• Paid time off

Work Location

In person